Hub-wrench.



I nventor,

PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905. R. L. HICKS.

HUB WRENCH APPLIUATION TILED MAY 12, 1904.

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Witnesses Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

RUFUS LEE HICKS, OF STAMFORD, TEXAS.

HUB-WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 78},563, dated March 14, 1905.

application filed May 12,1904. Serial No. 207,666.

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Be it known that I, RUFUS LEE I'IIOKS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Stamford, in the county of Jones and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Hub-\Vrench, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to nut-wrenches, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character which is designed for application to the hub of a wheel, so as to conveniently apply and remove the hub-attaching nut by turning the wheel upon its spindie. I t is furthermore designed to provide improved means for detachably securing the device to the hub of a wheel and also to provide an improved nut-receiving socket and a handle for conveniently manipulating the wrench.

\Vith these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings,.Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hubwrench constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view showing the application of the wrench to a hub. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the liner for the hub-embracing band. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken through the hub-embracing band.

Corresponding parts in all figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a circular band formed of strap metal having its opposite ends bent outwardly, so as to form the opposite ears or wings 2, which are provided with corresponding perforations, one of which is screwthreaded. These ears may be formed by a single thickness of the band or the latter may be folded so as to form an ear of two thicknesses, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Extending laterally outward from the lower side of the band is an extension which is folded inwardly across its upper side, so as to form a substantially U-shaped handle 3, the inner end of which terminates within the plane of the substantially circular band 1.

At the free end of the handle there is provided a pair of opposite outwardly-directed ears 4, which are bent across the outer side of the handle, so as to form a rectangular nutreceiving socket or jaw .13, the meeting edges of the ears being welded, so as to form a solid and durable jaw, which is located at the center of the hub-engaging band 1. The opposite ends of the band are adjustably connected by means of a suitable thumb-screw 6, which passes through the perforations of the ears 2, so that the latter may be drawn together or separated to adjust the size of the band.

A liner 9, preferably of leather or some suitable yieldable material, is applied to the inner periphery of the hub-embracing band and is provided at its opposite edges with corresponding lateral ears or projected portions 10, which are folded over upon the outer side of the band in overlapped pairs, each ear havperforation in the opposite ear when folded over upon the band for the reception of a suitable fastening 12as, for instance, a rivetwhereby the liner is effectually connected to the band without producing objectionable projections upon the inner periphery thereof. The purpose of this liner is to protect the hub from being scratched or otherwise marred when the wrench is applied thereto.

In the application of the device as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings the clamp or sup port formed by the band 1 is fitted to embrace the hub-band or the outer end of a hub 7, with the nutreceiving socket or jaw 5 embracing the hub-attaching nut 8, after which the thumb-screw is operated to clamp the band upon the hub. When thus applying the device, the handle 3 is held in one hand,

' ing a perforation 11, which registers with the so as to facilitate the engagement of the band with the hub and the aw with the nut. and the other hand is left free for operation of the thumb-screw. The device being in position, the wheel is turned in a reverse direction, and as the wrench is fixedly connected to the wheel it turns therewith, and thereby unscrews the nut from the spindle. It will of course be understood that when the wheel is taken from the spindle the wrench remains upon the hub and also the nut remains Within the jaw or socket, so that it is in readiness for application to the spindle after the latter has been lubricated.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that with the exception of the thumb-screw the device is formed from a single blank of metal, which is bent into the required shape, whereby the circular clamping-band may be conveniently adjusted to fit hubs of different sizes, and the side of the handle, which forms a support for the nutreceiving socket or jaw, is laterally adjustend connected to the band, and its opposite end located centrally within the band, and provided with opposite ears, which are bent to form an angular nut-receiving socket or 2. A hub-wrench, comprising a split band having its opposite ends provided with outwardly-directed perforate ears, an adj ustingscrew fitted in the perforations of the ears, an integral substantially U-shaped handle projecting laterally from the band and -having its inner end located centrally within the plane of the band, and opposite integral ears at the inner end of the handle, said ears being bent into an angular nut-receiving socket or jaw upon the outer side of the handle.

3. A hub-Wrench comprising a member to embrace the hub, a nut -receiving socket spaced from and carried within the hub-embracing means, a liner applied to the inner periphery of the hub-embracing means and provided with corresponding ears which are.

folded over and lapped across the outer side of said hub-embracing means, and fastenings connecting the overlapped ears.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RUFUS LEE HICKS. l/Vitnesses:

JAs. E. HUMPHREYs, A. H. OKEEFFE. 

